Changes in public attitudes towards mental illness in the Athens area (1979/1980-1994).

abstract：:As part of a study of drug treatment of aggressive behavior to be reported separately, we have evaluated the double-blind procedure in a recently completed comparison of the efficacy of lithium carbonate versus placebo in modifying aggressive behavior in nonpsychotic incarcerated delinquents. We conclude that the side...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Marini JL,Sheard MH,Bridges CI,Wagner E

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal glucose tolerance is often found in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). We attempted to evaluate pancreatic B-cell functioning after intravenous glucagon administration. Fourteen patients with the restricting type of AN (percentage of ideal body weight 71.5 +/- 1.6%, mean +/- SE) and 6 patients with the buli...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kobayashi N,Tamai H,Takii M,Matsubayashi S,Nakagawa T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence of depression according to ICD-10 criteria using a self-completed questionnaire and to identify psychosocial predictors of depression at discharge in patients with acute coronary syndrome. METHOD:A total of 899 patients with acute coronary syndrome completed the Major Depression In...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sørensen C,Brandes A,Hendricks O,Thrane J,Friis-Hasche E,Haghfelt T,Bech P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine depressed elderly patients receiving ECT were randomly assigned to a unilateral or bilateral group; post-ictal recovery times, memory changes, and clinical improvement during and after each course were measured by blind and independent observers. All patients but one showed full recovery on testing 3 weeks...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Fraser RM,Glass IB

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous report by our group and results published by other research groups have indicated a dichotomy in MHPG levels in depressed patients. This study attempted to characterize phenomena associated with this dichotomy in plasma MHPG levels. First, we have noted, at least in female patients, that homogeneity of MHPG...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Karege F,Bovier P,Gaillard JM,Tissot R

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality of life (QOL) was assessed in three groups of patients, consisting of 30 schizophrenic patients with duration of illness <2 years, 30 schizophrenic patients with duration of illness > or = 2 years and 30 dysthymic patients. The diagnoses were made according to ICD-10. Two scales of quality of life were used, o...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gupta S,Kulhara P,Verma SK

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight consecutive suicides committed between 1984 and 1987 by adolescents and young adults (age 15-29 years) in an urban community were the subject of retrospective investigations by means of interviews with survivors. The outcome of the survivors' crisis reactions and the interviewees' capacity to participate i...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Runeson B,Beskow J

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is ongoing concern about the possible negative impact of ECT on neurocognitive functioning in older patients. In this study, we aimed to characterize the long-term cognitive effects of ECT in patients with late-life depression, using an extensive neuropsychological battery. METHODS:A total of 110 patie...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Obbels J,Verwijk E,Vansteelandt K,Dols A,Bouckaert F,Schouws S,Vandenbulcke M,Emsell L,Stek M,Sienaert P

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate morbidity during long-term follow-up with clinical treatment of affective and schizoaffective disorder subjects followed from hospitalization for first major psychotic episodes. METHODS:We followed adult subjects systematically at regular intervals from hospitalization for first-lifetime episodes...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Salvatore P,Khalsa HK,Tohen M,Baldessarini RJ

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The marital adjustment of patients with psychogenic pain disorder was evaluated and compared with a matched group of patients with other neurotic disorders. Pain patients spouses were found to have better marital adjustment and less psychiatric morbidity than the spouses of neurotic patients. These findings are discus...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hughes AM,Medley I,Turner GN,Bond MR

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rates of middle ear disease in 70 patients with schizophrenia from a defined catchment population were compared with the rates in 359 nonpsychiatric controls who were matched for age, sex and general practice. A relative risk (odds ratio) of middle ear disease in schizophrenia of 1.92 was found. This was raised to...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Mason PR,Winton FE

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This multicenter, multinational, cross-sectional study aimed to investigate clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes associated with augmentation/combination treatment strategies in major depressive disorder (MDD). METHOD:Sociodemographic, clinical, and treatment features of 1410 adult MDD patients we...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Dold M,Bartova L,Mendlewicz J,Souery D,Serretti A,Porcelli S,Zohar J,Montgomery S,Kasper S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred people with autistic disorder (DSM-III-R) without a known cause who comprised a total population of children with autism were compared with "autistic-like" children, Asperger syndrome and age-matched comparison children from the general population and were examined with regard to month of birth. There was ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gillberg C

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Serving military can be regarded as exposure to a moderate enforced stressor independent of other vulnerability factors. The aims of this study were i) to explore psychiatric morbidity and mortality during 10 years of follow-up in a cohort of healthy adolescent Danish conscripts and ii) to investigate whether...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hageman I,Pinborg A,Andersen HS

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attitude of the medical profession to psychiatry carries important implications for the quality of personnel attracted into the specialty and for the treatment, in a general medical setting, of patients with mental disorders. This article examines the components of doctors' attitudes and reviews the literature wit...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Buchanan A,Bhugra D

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is any correlation between negative experiences in early infancy and the later occurrence of psychiatric disorders. The subjects in this study were a cohort of 2,215 adoptees born 1930-1949. Information about the probands' early experiences has been obtained from ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： von Knorring AL,Bohman M,Sigvardsson S

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Can it be said that history's most outstanding psychiatrists and the various interrelated fields of mental health are to any extent realistically represented within the framework of thematic philately? With regard to the latter theme, five main categories can be distinguished: the mentally handicapped; psychiatric ins...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： van Alphen PJ

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prevalence rates for dissociative disorders among psychiatric in-patients vary widely. The aim of this meta-analysis is to offer an explanation for these differences. METHOD:Prevalence studies using a clinical diagnostic interview among psychiatric in-patients were included. Hypotheses concerning the impact ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Friedl MC,Draijer N,de Jonge P

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the concept of 'Non-affective Acute Remitting Psychosis' (NARP) in a group of patients with first episode psychosis in Iran. METHOD:This is a 24-month follow-up study of 54 patients with first-episode psychosis admitted consecutively to a psychiatric hospital in Tehran, Iran. At the end of fol...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Alaghband-Rad J,Boroumand M,Amini H,Sharifi V,Omid A,Davari-Ashtiani R,Seddigh A,Momeni F,Aminipour Z

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year urban material of suicides in adolescents and young adults (age 15-29 years) was studied retrospectively by means of interviews with survivors (n = 58). Classification of mental disorders according to DSM-III-R showed that major depression was important as background to suicides in 41%, primary (22%) or secon...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Runeson B

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To update evidence from studies on family intervention in schizophrenia looking carefully at methodological issues. METHOD:Twenty-five studies were reviewed, using specific outcome criteria, and computing effect sizes whenever possible. RESULTS:Effect on relapse is relatively well assessed, although differe...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Barbato A,D'Avanzo B

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) comprising thoughts and behaviors is common and often co-occurring with suicidal behavior like ideation, plan, and attempt. As limited data are available for adolescents and young adults, this study aims to present prevalence estimates for lifetime NSSI, its co-occurrence with ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Voss C,Hoyer J,Venz J,Pieper L,Beesdo-Baum K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evidence point to intergenerational effects of trauma in refugee populations. This study estimates the risk of psychiatric diagnoses in children of severely traumatized refugees. The unique clinical sample consisted of refugee parents treated for torture trauma and war trauma, and outcomes were investigated u...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bager L,Agerbo E,Skipper N,Høgh Thøgersen M,Laursen TM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional brain glucose metabolism was investigated in healthy volunteers (n = 10) and in drug free schizophrenic patients (n = 20). The metabolism was determined by positron emission tomography (PET) with 11C-glucose as the tracer. Diagnosis of schizophrenia was made according to RDC and DSM III. Eight patients had th...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wiesel FA,Wik G,Sjögren I,Blomqvist G,Greitz T,Stone-Elander S

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because non-compliance with antipsychotic drug therapy is both common and associated with a substantially increased risk of acute relapse, depot medication must be preferred for most schizophrenic out-patients. Yet there is a perception that depot medication is unpopular among patients. In the survey of out-patients r...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Pereira S,Pinto R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lithium-neuroleptics induced encephalopathy is a rare drug interaction. Here I am reporting a patient who developed reversible encepatholopathy with lithium-risperidone combination. METHOD:A single case report. RESULT:A patient of bipolar disorder, who presented with manic symptoms with psychotic feature, s...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Boora K,Xu J,Hyatt J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) was administered to 30 inpatients who met the DSM-III-R criteria for chronic schizophrenia and shared similar environments. Four of them (13%) were DST nonsuppressors. The mean and maximum postdexamethasone cortisol levels were correlated with the patient's score on the scale f...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Garyfallos G,Lavrentiadis G,Amoutzias D,Monas K,Manos N

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evidence based on controlled studies is still limited for treatment strategies that prevent recurrence of suicide attempts. Findings from observational as well as meta-analytic studies strongly suggest that lithium may have suicide-protective properties. METHOD:Patients with a recent suicide attempt in the c...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lauterbach E,Felber W,Müller-Oerlinghausen B,Ahrens B,Bronisch T,Meyer T,Kilb B,Lewitzka U,Hawellek B,Quante A,Richter K,Broocks A,Hohagen F

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five cases of stupor referred to a psychiatric teaching hospital over 15 years are reviewed. Ten cases presented with a depressive syndrome, four cases with catatonic phenomena and a further 10 cases with established organic aetiology; one case was considered to be psychogenic in origin. The overall mortality w...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Johnson J

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, provisional research criteria for "schizo-affective" and related psychoses were published by the St. Louis Group. These rigorous criteria were modified and expanded for purposes of the present study in order to analyze the case records of 83 first admissions of Schneider-positive schizophrenics, that is, tho...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Koehler K,Seminario I

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00